Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ531187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Carrying Position Influences Infant Behavior.
Field, Tiffany; And Others
Early Child Development and Care, v121 p49-54 Jul 1996
A total of 32 3-month-old infants were carried by their mothers in a soft infant carrier designed to place the infants facing either inward or outward. A within-subject comparison found that when infants were carried facing in, they spent significantly more time sleeping, while infants carried facing out were more active. (MDM)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infant Care, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Physical Activity Level, Sleep
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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